Killer Penguin Barleywine
Boulder Beer Company in Boulder, Colorado, United States 🇺🇸
Barley Wine - Barley Regular|
Score
6.81
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Traditional winter seasonals are warm and comforting - not this Penguin. Diving in at around 10 percent alcohol by volume, Killer Penguin uses over twice the malt as other winter beers, and is aged for over 6 months to perfect the condition and flavor of this barleywine style ale. This beer doesn't ferment, it hibernates, and wakes up with an attitude.
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7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Draught at Rattle N Hum cons 2015-05-16 New York AP: amber/ruby, stouty head AR/F: dried fruity, rasins, pruns, dry, short flavors, warming feeling
Tried
on 20 May 2015
at 03:17
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
2012 vintage from a 22 oz. bottle thanks to Adrien. Aroma is sugary with raisin and a roasted malt and even shows some lasting citrus hops. Flavor shows some lasting bitterness that really surprised me, good balance. Pretty good body with a nice creamy texture.
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Mar 2015
at 22:54
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 10
Overall 8
Hazy dark orange. 2012 vintage. Aroma is great. malt, pecan, booze, sugar, maple syrup. Taste is great. has aged great. brown sugar, some oxidation, vanilla, some shoe polish. Really well integrated. booze is faded. a bit sweet but it is really nice.
Tried
from Can
on 28 Mar 2015
at 22:10
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 9
Pours clear amber , good white head . Smell is thick , rich and sweet . Taste is grainy , touch of bitter , sweet ambermalts . Ambermalts build up quite much . Bit too boozy though
Tried
on 26 Feb 2015
at 09:42
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
On draft at Mad Fox Barleywine Festival 2015. Pours a hazy deep copper with an ecru head. Aroma of tropical fruit. Flavors of pineapple and caramel. Smooth, boozy finish.
Tried
from Draft
on 21 Feb 2015
at 13:32
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Barley wine bottle share on 1/31. Dark amber with a small beige head. Aroma is a strange caramel and hop mix. Flavor of caramel, raisois and a little hops.
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Feb 2015
at 14:28
5.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
Bottle. A- Hoppy, citrus, candied fruits, malty, caramel. A- Ruby color, clear liquid, off white head. T- Slightly bitter, malty, sweet fruits. P- Full body, average texture, average carbonation, malty finish. O- This confirms my not so enthusiastic view on Boulder Beer. Maybe I should let this age for a year or two but it was certainly nothing I have experienced with a barleywine before. Lots of hops and malty and just not a lot of excitement in it. Tried pairing it with a cigar which did help it overall though.
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 Nov 2014
at 08:19
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottled@SBWF2014. Amber colour, small off-white head. Aroma and flavour are both quite sweet plummy and syrupy with some slight sweet alcohol, toffee and caramel to it. Not the most exciting Barley Wine around, but should work well as a dessert beer thanks to it’s rather big sweetness.
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Oct 2014
at 02:42
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle - Vintage 2013 - Sweet caramel and vinous. Clear copper with a beige thin head. Lots of sweet caramel, little bitterness and a nice finish. Quite nice.
Tried
from Bottle
on 31 May 2014
at 19:54
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle at Craig’s tasting. Pours brown, sweet toffee, sugary, caramel, fruity.
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 May 2014
at 01:15